MIAMI, FL—Michael Capponi, a Miami-based construction mogul and hospitality industry savant, has joined the development team of Costa Hollywood Condominium Resort in Hollywood Beach. Many regard Capponi as a South Beach pioneer with a distinguished record of creating highly coveted in-demand hospitality ventures, real estate projects, and destinations.

Capponi will play a key role in the branding, sales, marketing, and development of strategic partnerships for Costa Hollywood. He will also help curate more than five restaurants, lounges, and high-end retail encompassing the ground floor of the oceanfront development's Hollywood Beach Village location.

“Costa Hollywood is the vanguard for a 'new-look' City of Hollywood Beach, one that offers a trendy, luxury lifestyle experience without sacrificing family friendly sensibility,” says Moses Bensusan, developer of Costa Hollywood and CEO of Liberty Grand, LLC. “Michael knows the 'secret sauce' as he calls it—ambience, energy, big name people—required to create a new in scene. We couldn't be more thrilled to have him as a partner in this project and in the transformation of this beautiful city.”

Before joining Costa Hollywood, Capponi made a name for himself in the early '90s on Miami Beach. After helping spawn nightlife on the now iconic South Beach, he became well-known for promoting venues such as Warsaw, Amnesia, B.E.D., and LIV.

“I see Hollywood Beach Village as the new 'South Beach' entertainment district for this zone. There are more than 200,000 people between Aventura, Golden Beach, and Hollywood that will be thrilled to see the changing landscape,” says Capponi. “The key ingredients are in place for Hollywood Beach to experience a boom not unlike Brickell experienced in the '70s.”

In 2004, Capponi joined forces with Gregg Covin and architect Chad Oppenheim to create Ten Museum Park, a 50-story 200-unit crystalline structure in Downtown Miami. In January 2010, following a visit to earthquake-stricken Haiti, the nightlife impresario-turned-humanitarian launched a tourism enhancement project in the quaint southern coast town of Jacmel, during which he collaborated alongside designer Donna Karan and tennis star Venus Williams.       

“Start with the foundation, a beachfront address with a world-famous boardwalk,” Capponi says. “Add modern, exciting developments in Costa Hollywood, Margaritaville Hotel, and H3 at Hollywood Station. The relocation of Invicta Watch corporate headquarters brings a splash of big business; top that with improvements to infrastructure such as the State Road 7 roadway project and the new Port Everglades intermodal container transfer facility, and the end result is a powerful cocktail.”   

“I see Hollywood Beach Village as the new 'South Beach' entertainment district for this zone. There are more than 200,000 people between Aventura, Golden Beach, and Hollywood that will be thrilled to see the changing landscape,” says Capponi. “The key ingredients are in place for Hollywood Beach to experience a boom not unlike Brickell experienced in the '70s.”

In 2004, Capponi joined forces with Gregg Covin and architect Chad Oppenheim to create Ten Museum Park, a 50-story 200-unit crystalline structure in Downtown Miami. In January 2010, following a visit to earthquake-stricken Haiti, the nightlife impresario-turned-humanitarian launched a tourism enhancement project in the quaint southern coast town of Jacmel, during which he collaborated alongside designer Donna Karan and tennis star Venus Williams.       

“Start with the foundation, a beachfront address with a world-famous boardwalk,” Capponi says. “Add modern, exciting developments in Costa Hollywood, Margaritaville Hotel, and H3 at Hollywood Station. The relocation of Invicta Watch corporate headquarters brings a splash of big business; top that with improvements to infrastructure such as the State Road 7 roadway project and the new Port Everglades intermodal container transfer facility, and the end result is a powerful cocktail.”